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Betty Hutton
“I worked out of desperation. I used to hit fast and run in hopes that people wouldn’t realize that I really couldn’t do anything.” -Betty Hutton
My first introduction to Betty Hutton was while watching a command performance hosted by Bob Hope, thanks to the magic of YouTube. After her exuberant performance of “Murder, He Says,” Hope refers to her as a “vitamin pill with legs.” She was indeed the personification of boundless energy, but she also, according to a 2000 interview with Robert Osbourne, was a person who “wore her heart on her sleeve.” She would gradually retire from the movie industry and shift away from the public eye.
Elizabeth June Thornburg was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, as the daughter of a railroad foreman and his wife. Her father abandoned the family for another woman early on during Betty’s childhood. The family would not hear of him again until they received a telegram in
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Betty Hutton
American actress (1921–2007)
Betty Hutton (born Elizabeth June Thornburg; February 26, 1921 – March 12, 2007)[a] was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedian, dancer, and singer. She rose to fame in the 1940s as a contract player for Paramount Pictures, appearing primarily in musicals and became one of the studio's most valuable stars.[1] She was noted for her energetic performance style.[1]
Raised in Detroit during the Great Depression by a single mother who worked as a bootlegger, Hutton began performing as a singer from a young age, entertaining patrons of her mother's speakeasy. While performing in local nightclubs, she was discovered by orchestra leader Vincent Lopez, who hired her as a singer in his band.
In 1940, Hutton was cast in the Broadway productions Two for the Show and Panama Hattie, and attracted notice for her raucous and animated live performances. She relocated to Los Angeles in 1941 after